Before he was on
Facebook, Federer had started his own charity, working with
underprivileged children in his mother's native South Africa and
elsewhere on the continent.

Now, the No. 3 has to
also deal with not only his on-court and charity commitments but work
with a staff and management which helps him with Facebook and his
website. In fact, with 10 million Facebook followers, he's got more
people in his public corner than the population of the Switzerland (7.8
million).

"I don't know if the
ten million are on live score or watching my match, but I definitely
feel great support by my followers and social network, how they're into
it," Federer said as he moved towards the business end of the ATP event
in Dubai.

"My website has been
up and running since a long time. The fans have been really so
supportive of me since such a long time, and always present in the
stadium and showing their colors and support.

"I guess on Facebook
or other websites and so forth I know that I also have a lot of the
support I try to be as good as I can with information, but I don't like
to post too much sometimes.

"I liked to do it
when I think it's the right time. So far, there's not too much
complaint. I guess you can always give more, but then it eventually
maybe gets a bit silly if you post too much stuff."

"I try to do what I
feel is natural, and so far it's been fun. It's got to be fun for me
and not a must otherwise I wouldn't be doing it."